Seat.



D. M. KING.-

SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1911.

1 ,246,278. Patented Now-13, 1917.

DALE M. .KING, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 191 '7.

Application filed June 29', 1917. Serial N6. 171,641.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DALE M. KING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and Statepf Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an adjustable seat for closet bowls 0r hoppers and the primary object of my invention is to provide positive and reliable means, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, for adjusting a seat relative to a floor or foot rest so that a person may assume a natural position upon the seat, which is conducive to the proper perform ance ofduties thereon.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for holding an adjustable seat support independent of a bowl or hopper and furnish ,the seat support with a novel apron which permits of the seat support being adjusted and at the same time seal the bowl relative to the seat support.

Another object of my invention is to provide an adjustable bowl seat wherein the parts are constructed with a view of reducing the cost of manufacture and at the same time retain those features by which safety,.

durability, ease of assembling and applicability to special or standard bowls, are secured.

With such ends in view, my invention resi es in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein- 7 F1 re 1 is a side elevation of a bowl provide with an adjustable seat support in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on i the line II-II of Fig. 1, with the bowl and tank connection left out;

Fig. 3 is a plan of the adjustable seat support, and

Fi 4 is a cross sectional view of a modified cm of apron.

In the drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes a conventional form of closet bowl in roximity to a tank 2 and adapted to be flus ed by the contents of the tank being released to flow through a connection 3 into and around the inner walls of the bowl.

At the rear of the bowl 1 are supports or. guides at which have been shown as suitably connected to the floor 5 andthe front wall of the tank 2, and a cross head 6 has sleeve portions 7 slidable on the supports or guides 4. The cross head 6 has bracket portions 8 supporting a seatv support9 andthe brackets 8 are provided with apertured lugs or hinge members 10 so that a seat 11 may be hinged or pivotally connected thereto, to be raised and lowered in the usual manner. A lid 12 may be hinged to the seat 11, in the usual and wellknown manner, as generally indicated at 13 or to the hinges 10 of screw 15 and nut portion 14: of the cross" head 6 constitute raising and lowering means for the seat support.

The seat support 9 is provided with a depending apron 18 that normally extends into the bowl 1 and constitutes a wall between the seat support and the bowl, so that irrespective of the height of the seat support relative to the bowl 1, thebowl is sealed as long as the seat 11 is in use or the lid 12 closed. The apron 18'does not interfere with the flushing of the bowl 1, -and should it be desired to use an apron that will also be flushed, that type shown in Fig. 4 may be used. This apron has an annular waterway 19 connected to the tank 2 by a flexible con nection 20 and the .inner wall of the waterway 19 is provided with circumferentially arranged discharge openings 21 which permit of water rinsing the walls of the apron. This type of apron may be advantageously used in connection with a bowl 22 that is devoid of connections with the tank 2. The flexible connection or hose 20 will permit of the apron being raised and lowered and {he 1seat support adjusted relative to the It is thought that the operation and utility of the adjustable seat support will be apparent without further description, and while in the drawing there is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, it

is to be understood that the structural elemodifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is p 1. The combination of a closet bowl, an adjustable seat support, a hinged seat on said support, and means movable with said seat support and constantly extending into said bowl to seal said bowl relative to said seat support.

2. The combination of a closet bowl, a seat movable to and from said bowl and constantly in a horizontal plane, means adapted for adjusting said seat, and means carried by said seat extending into said bowl to seal said bowl relative to said seat.

3. The combination of a closet bowl, a support in proximity thereto, a'seat support movable relative to said support, and means carried by said first named support adapted for holding said seat support in a horizontal plane above said bowl.

4. The combination of a closet bowl, a support in proximity thereto, a seat support in sliding engagement withsaid support, a hinged seat carried by said seat support, means carried by the first mentioned support adapted for adjusting said seat support relative to said'bowl. I

5. The combination of acloset bowl, sup

ports in proximity thereto, a seat support t constantly in a horizontal plane with thetop of said bowl and slidable relative to said supports, a depending apron carried by said seat support extending into said bowl, and means carried by said supports adapted for adjusting said seat support.

6. The combination of a closet bowl, supports in proximity thereto, a seat support slidable relative to said supports, a depending apron carried by said seat support extending into said bowl, and a screw carried by said supports and adapted for raising and lowering said seat support relative to said bowl.

7. An adjustable seat for closest bowls, comprising a seat movable to and from said bowl, a depending apron carried by said seat extending into the bowl, and a screw in engagement with the seat adapted to be r0- tated to raise and lower the seat.

8. The combination with a closet bowl, and a tank in communication therewith, of supports connected to said tank, a seat support slidable on said supports, a seat connected to said seat support, a lid for said seat, and means carried by said supports adapted for raising and lowering said seat support.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' DALE M. KING. Witnesses: 7 I

KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. DoRR. 

